China accused the United States on Wednesday of being the true source of COVID-19, as tensions over the origins of the virus once again flared into the international spotlight. The accusation came in the form of a sharply worded white paper released by the Chinese government, claiming that the U.S. is “shamelessly politicizing” the pandemic and attempting to deflect from its own failings. Beijing’s fiery rebuttal followed a recent push from the White House suggesting that the virus likely leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where gain-of-function research was allegedly being conducted.

Israeli President Yitzchak Herzog called the 2005 disengagement from Gaza a “mistake” during a speech on Monday, marking the 20th anniversary of the controversial withdrawal. Speaking at an event hosted by the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), Herzog reflected on the decision to evacuate all Israeli settlements and military forces from the Gaza Strip, a move that has shaped Israel’s security landscape for two decades. The disengagement saw Israel unilaterally withdraw from Gaza, dismantling 21 settlements and evacuating approximately 8,500 residents, many forcibly removed by Israeli security forces. The move aimed to reduce friction with Palestinians and advance peace prospects, but Herzog argued it failed to achieve those goals.

PLOT TWIST! President Trump announces that Mike Waltz will be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun and teacher who was the world’s oldest person, died on Wednesday just weeks short of turning 117. Canabarro died at home of natural causes. She was confirmed in January as the world’s oldest person by LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks supercentenarians around the globe. She would have turned 117 on May 27. According to LongeviQuest, the world’s oldest person is now Ethel Caterham, a 115-year-old British woman.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz: “If the attacks on the Druze in Syria do not stop, we will respond very severely.”

Trump says any country that buys oil from Iran will not be allowed to do business with U.S.

REPORTER: Why not arrest leaders of sanctuary cities who are harboring illegal aliens? TOM HOMAN: “Wait ‘til you see what’s coming.”

RFK JR.: “The farmers of this country are our partners. We have to make sure that their lives are sustainable, that they can have these farms and hand them to their families, that we can continue to feed our country… high quality food to Make America Healthy Again.”

Video shows the Druze community protesting in middle of the Amiad Junction in Northern Israel.

Hundreds seen packed into the tziyon of Reb Shayale in Kerestir, beseeching him to be po’el yeshuos and be a meilitz yosher for klal yisroel.